Inhibition of adenosine uptake and augmentation of ischemia-induced increase of interstitial adenosine by cilostazol, an agent to treat intermittent claudication.

J Cardiovasc Pharmacol

Maryland Research Laboratories, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical Inc., Rockville 20850, USA.

Published: September 2000

Cilostazol (Pletal), a quinolinone derivative with a cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase type 3 (PDE3) inhibitory activity, was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treatment of symptoms of intermittent claudication (IC). However, the underlying mechanisms of action are not entirely clear. In this study, we showed that cilostazol inhibited adenosine uptake into cardiac ventricular myocytes, coronary artery smooth muscle, and endothelial cells with a median effective concentration (EC50) approximately 10 microM. In vivo, cilostazol increased cardiac interstitial adenosine levels after a 2-min ischemia in rabbit hearts (329 +/- 92% increase vs. 102 +/- 29% ischemia alone). The combination of cilostazol and 2-min ischemia reduced infarction from subsequent 30-min regional ischemia and 3 h of reperfusion (infarct size was 18 +/- 4% vs. 53 +/- 3% in the hearts with 2-min ischemia alone or 48 +/- 2% in the hearts treated with cilostazol alone). In contrast, milrinone had no effect on either adenosine uptake or interstitial adenosine levels. These data show that cilostazol, unlike milrinone, inhibits adenosine uptake, and thus potentiates adenosine accumulation from a 2-min ischemia. Future studies are needed to investigate the role of adenosine in the treatment of IC by cilostazol.

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